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Glossary
Term
Anchor sector director
Bank-wide matrix
Country director
Country manager
Country management unit
Country program coordinator
Country sector leader / country
sector coordinator (CSL/CSC)
Definition
The head of a sector anchor who also chairs the respective sector
board; in most instances the director of a sector anchor heads a
sector department, however, in the Sustainable Development
Network the mandate of anchor sector directors extends beyond a
single sector
The relationship between regional vice presidencies and network
vice presidencies, sometimes referred to as the “big matrix”
The head of a Country Management Unit (CMU) responsible for the
Bank’s strategy and program in one or more countries and having
budgetary authority over all operations for those countries; the
country director reports to the regional vice president and is a
member of the regional management team
The administrative head of a country office reporting to the country
director of the relevant CMU
The administrative unit for one or more countries tasked with
preparation and implementation of the country assistance strategy,
policy dialogue, budgetary oversight, approving work program
agreements with Sector Management Units (SMUs), and
operational delivery to the countries under that CMU
The principal liaison for the CMU who performs various country
director functions in Washington, and may have shared
responsibility for strategy formulation, implementation, country team
coordination, and relations with clients and partners
Coordinator of all the sectors under the jurisdiction of a regional
sector department for a CMU. Co-located with the country director
mostly in the field, the CSL/CSC has oversight over more than one
sector and reports to the regional sector director in most instances;
however, there are notable regional differences 1
1 The Latin American and Caribbean region, where this model is the most developed as it
was introduced at the inception of the matrix, has “sector leaders” who are responsible for
work program agreement (WPA) coordination, quality assurance and policy dialogue, and
mentoring and staff oversight; in the East Asia and Pacific region for Sustainable
Development Network sectors the same three functions are performed by sector managers
in the three larger CMUs and sustainable development leaders in the three smaller CMUs,
while the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network has a lead
economist and the Human Development Network (HDN) has CSLs in each CMU; the
Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia regions fall in
between with the CSL/CSC’s role largely confined to WPA coordination. Africa is the most
varied with different sector departments organized differently. When the CSL/CSC
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